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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,125 works

Miniature portrait of a young woman with ringlet curls, white dress and pink shawl, in an open green-lined case.

Mrs. Christopher Grant Perry (Frances Sargeant)

Richard Morrell Staigg, ca. 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with dark hair, lace collar, green dress and orange shawl, in gilt frame.

Portrait of a Lady

Charles C. Ingham, ca. 1836-38

Three ivory-billed woodpeckers with black and white plumage cling to a weathered tree trunk against a pale sky.

Ivory-billed Woodpeckers

Joseph Bartholomew Kidd, ca. 1830-31

Oval painting of a seated woman weaving a basket with a child reclining nearby, under trees with a cottage in the distance.

The Basket Maker

Louis Lang, 1853

Miniature portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair and spectacles, in a dark green coat, seated in a wooden chair.

Parke Godwin

Theodora W. Thayer, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair and beard in a black coat, set in an ornate gold frame.

Mr. Boardman

Margaret Bogardus, 1837

Miniature portrait of a young woman with curly dark hair in a blue dress and lace collar, holding a green parasol, in a case.

Sarah Ann Beck

Anna Claypoole Peale, ca. 1818

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, spectacles and a cameo brooch, in a gilt frame and blue velvet case

Portrait of a Lady

Daniel F. Ames, ca. 1845

Hanging scroll of a grey monkey on a mossy branch looking toward a small bee, with pine sprigs framing the pale background.

Monkey and Bee

Okamoto Toyohiko, 19th century

Painting of a riverside village with a barge on a canal, a rider on a dirt path under tall trees, and a hillside beyond.

Banks of the Loing

William Lamb Picknell, ca. 1894-97

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman in a white dress with a shoulder bow, her hair decorated with a ribbon.

Bessie Moore

Virginia Richmond Reynolds, 1899

Full-length portrait of a woman in white gown and pink shawl leaning on a stone pedestal before trees and a distant mountain.

Mrs. Cephas Thompson (Olivia Leonard)

Cephas Thompson, ca. 1810-20

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with upswept auburn hair and a white dress, in a gilt frame on a black stand.

Mrs. Nathaniel Bowen (Margaret Blake)

Jean Francois de la Vallee, ca. 1805

Oval miniature of a young man with curly brown hair in a dark jacket and white shirt, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Carl Weinedel, 1836

Portrait of a Lady

William P. Sheys, 1813

Miniature portrait of a dark-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a peach background, in a black frame.

John Neagle

Daniel Dickinson, 1830

Ink painting of a fox with a staff on a hanging scroll, with calligraphic inscription at upper left.

Fox with Staff (Hakuzōsu)

Eiraku Hozen, after 1848

Black-and-white reproduction of a woman in a patterned robe holding a blossom branch, with flowers and a bird ornament in her

Portrait of a Woman

Tsukioka Sessai, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a striped tiger with green eyes stepping forward, framed by gold brocade mounts.

Tiger

Gan Ku, dated 1790

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue satin gown with pink bows and lace, leaning on a ledge before a garden.

Mrs. David Chesebrough

Joseph Blackburn, 1754

Dark storm clouds over a still inlet with a sailboat, a rowboat, and a seated man with a dog on the shore.

Approaching Thunder Storm

Martin Johnson Heade, 1859

Hanging scroll of three men tending a kiln beneath a thatched roof and tree, with a crescent moon above.

Making Ceramics

Eiraku Hozen, first half of the19th century

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a cream coat beside a bookcase of leather books and a green-topped desk.

Elijah Boardman

Ralph Earl, 1789

Painting of ragged prisoners standing before a Union officer in a cleared field, with rifles on the ground and horsemen behin

Prisoners from the Front

Winslow Homer, 1866

Painting of a village with a church steeple on a cliff above a lake with sailboats and distant mountains.

Lake George and the Village of Caldwell

Thomas Chambers, ca. 1850s

Courtyard painting of a rider with horses and two leopards beside an ornate palace with arched colonnades and carved balconie

The Rajah Starting on a Hunt

Edwin Lord Weeks, ca. 1895

Elderly bearded man descends steps between armed soldiers while a woman and child embrace him at a brick doorway.

The Last Moments of John Brown

Thomas Hovenden, 1882-84

Painting of a man in a straw hat mowing golden wheat with a scythe under a bright blue sky.

The Veteran in a New Field

Winslow Homer, 1865

Oil portrait of a man in a floral robe seated before a bookcase of leather-bound books, with one hand on a table.

Portrait of William Duguid

Prince Demah Barnes, 1773

Painting of autumn oak trees with red and gold leaves, grazing cattle in a meadow, and a stormy cloudy sky.

Autumn Oaks

George Inness, ca. 1878